Growing Pumpkin

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02 Feb 13 ashley Kitching (Australia - temperate climate)
My Pumpkin vine is growing okay, plenty of flowers and have pumpkins forming, but, when they get to the size of a snall apple they become soft and fall from vine. This is the first time I have tried growing pumpkins and would love to have some success Thanking you in advance Ashley
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14 Feb 13 Bill (Australia - temperate climate)
Ashley it sounds like your pumpkins are not being pollinated... Normally this is done by insects like bees... You can do this yourself, get out in the early hours (when the flowers are fresh and pollen is fertile) and take the pollen dust from a male flower (flower that is on a long stem) with a brush and liberally dust it onto the female flower (flower attached to a bulb which becomes the pumpkin) and the fruit should set.
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